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<p>�Թ��� of Colorado Boulder Distinguished Professor W. Carl Lineberger was honored today by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his extraordinary scientific achievements.</p>

<p>Building on years of collaboration using unmanned aircraft to fly into the storms that create the massive tornadoes that rip across the Midwest, scientists at the �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder and the �Թ��� of Nebraska-Lincoln have formed a new research consortium.</p>

<p>Early discoveries by NASA’s newest Mars orbiter are starting to reveal key features about the loss of the planet’s atmosphere to space over time.<br /><br />
The findings are among the first returns from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which achieved orbit Sept. 21 and entered its science phase on Nov. 16. The observations reveal a new process by which the solar wind -- an intense stream of hot, high-energy particles blowing off the sun at more than 1 million mph -- can penetrate deep into a planetary atmosphere.</p>

<p>The annual Geminid meteor shower could be a fun show this weekend for Coloradans weather permitting, according to a �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder astronomer.</p>

<p class="p1">When NASA’s napping New Horizon’s spacecraft awakens later this week in preparation for its July 2015 encounter with Pluto, a �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder student instrument onboard already will have been up for years.</p>

<p class="p1">A team led by the �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder has discovered an invisible shield some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called “killer electrons,” which whip around the planet at near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and degrade space systems during intense solar storms.</p>

<p align="center">CU System news release</p>
<p align="center"><em>Highest honor for educators recognizes exceptional research, teaching, service</em></p>
<p>DENVER – Six �Թ��� of Colorado faculty members today were named Distinguished Professors, the most prestigious honor for faculty at the university.</p>
<p>Each year, the recognition goes to faculty members who demonstrate exemplary performance in research or creative work, a record of excellence in classroom teaching and supervision of individual learning, and outstanding service to the profession, university and its affiliates.</p>

<p>Two NASA and one European spacecraft, including NASA’s MAVEN mission led by the �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder, have gathered new information about the basic properties of a wayward comet that buzzed by Mars Oct. 19, directly detecting its effects on the Martian atmosphere.</p>

<p>NASA’s newest orbiter at Mars, MAVEN, took precautions to avoid harm from a dust-spewing comet that flew near Mars yesterday and is studying the flyby’s effects on the Red Planet’s atmosphere, according to �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder Professor Bruce Jakosky, principal investigator on the mission.</p>

<p>NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars and produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet, said �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder Professor Bruce Jakosky, the mission’s principal investigator.</p>